{"product_id":"the-house-of-doors-tan-twan-eng","title":"The House of Doors (Tan Twan Eng)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. But in 1921 he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis friend Robert Hamlyn offers an escape in the Straits Settlements of Penang, where Robert's steely wife Lesley learns to see Willie as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Willie prepares to leave, Lesley confides in him secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic revolutionary Dr Sun Yat Sen. And more scandalous still, her connection to an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTan Twan Eng\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Penang, Malaysia. His debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Evening Mists \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe House of Doors \u003c\/i\u003eis his third novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@tan.twan.eng\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65793495269725,"sku":"K097066506","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9706650600001A.jpg?v=1788387522","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-house-of-doors-tan-twan-eng","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}